Teacher Resources
MSU Science Zone
The following are short one page worksheets that ask a question, provide a basic answer to the question, and offer a short activity related to the topic. They can be used in any classroom, museum, summer camp, or even at home.
All Science Zones are available in a downloadable PDF.
Is Mount Everest really the world's tallest mountain? The answer may change depending
upon how you measure. Debate what the answer is, then see what landmarks your home
town is higher than.
Discover the potentially dangerous things that can happen when humans go to high altitudes.
Compare how fast you can walk a mile to how fast a person might climb the final mile
on Mount Everest to the summit. Examine what the closest extreme altitude area to
your home town is.
Learn how people often confuse climate and weather, and what variables can impact
climate. Research climate zones in your region and describe them.
Find out what an ice sheet is and how many of them are on Earth. Analyze a cross section
of an ice sheet and answer some questions about it.
Discover what glaciers are and why they are so important to so many people. Make your
own glacier and see what kind of clues they leave behind.
Find out some tricks that organisms use to live in ice and learn why NASA is interested
in this question. Try your own experiment to see why it is so hard for things to live
in ice.
We use math everyday but it is hard to describe what it is. Learn why it is so important
then try a basic activity designed for children who are still developing basic mathematical
reasoning.
Go over the definitions for science and hypotheses. Next sharpen a skill that scientists
need and test your ability to tell the difference between facts and opinions.
Review the differences between rocks and minerals and learn about the three basic
types of rock. Find out what geologists do, then go outside and practice being a rock
detective yourself.
Find out the difference between an endangered and threatened species. See if you can
match which tracks and interesting facts belong to which species.
Find out what GPS is and how the Everest Education Expedition team will be using of
GPS to do scientific research on Mount Everest.
